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hair in one hand and her hip in the other. She arched her back as he slammed himself into her.
    Alanna pulled her head away from Liam and braced herself on her shoulders, cupping her breast in one hand and sliding the other between her legs. The deep rumble of Liam’s moan sent her over the edge just as his cock exploded and pulsed inside of her.
    They collapsed in a panting, smiling heap and Liam rolled off to one side, spooning her. Liam could feel the quickness of her breath and heartbeat. He kissed the back of her neck.
    “Don’t you dare move,” Liam said.
    “Viktor’s been on watch for two hours. It’s my turn,” Alanna said. “Not to worry though. I’ll be back to wake you up again in a few for round two.”
    Liam smiled and kissed her, then reluctantly let go of her hand when she turned to leave. Even though she’d be just outside the door she already felt a million miles away.

C hapter F our - O liver
    “I know you can hear me,” Calder said.
    Oliver’s eyes fluttered open, then grew wide with fear.
    Calder chuckled. “Ah, you remember me. Good.” He surveyed Oliver’s wounds. “You’re healing well. I’m surprised you survived.”
    “Mother…fucker,” Oliver said.
    “You’re being rude? I was only trying to prevent their escape. The device wasn’t masterful, but it did its job. Unlike you.” Calder pressed on one of Oliver’s wounds.
    Oliver screamed in pain. ”Fuck!” He bucked against the makeshift bed.
    Calder withdrew. “You knew the female was not to be harmed. It was not part of the plan.”
    Oliver spat and clenched his partially-healed hands into fists. “Screw your plan.”
    “I need her alive. She’s going to be my mate. And when I give her the virus, our children will be perfect. I will teach them to see humans as prey.”
    Oliver laughed. “It won’t work. There’s too many of them.”
    “But that’s the beauty. Even those who survive will be changed. Some will only have shifter offspring. But those with bodies that are unable to fight the infection will have their DNA rewritten. They’ll partially shift and help spread the virus more quickly.”
    “But…the cure? You said that I—”
    “There is no cure, bear.” Calder snickered. “And even if there was, do you think you would still have a part in the plan?” He tore the bags from the IV stand, spilling the contents, and grabbed Oliver by the throat and lifted him until they were face to face.
    “You were so easy. You would ‘discover’ the virus and release the cure. Fame and fortune. Movie rights and a book deal. This is a very strange world that you live in, Oliver. But in the end, you were easy. Not righteous. Just greedy. Like a human.”
    Calder threw Oliver back down on the bed. “Was it guilt that made you betray me?” Calder asked.
    “Love.” Oliver’s voice was a rasp.
    Calder laughed. “Jealousy, you mean. Envy. You wanted the female to be your mate. And you decided that what? If you couldn’t have her then no one could? And you’d have the satisfaction of the alpha being forced to live with having torn her to pieces?”
    “Not. Part. Of. The. Plan!” Calder said. Each word was punctuated with a fist to Oliver’s chest.
    “I had a mate once,” Calder said. “Did I ever tell you? Beautiful. Kind. My better in every way. Because I love her, I will make a world where what happened to her will never happen again.”
    Oliver coughed and gasped. The air came back to him slowly. Every breath was agony.
    Blood ran from Oliver’s mouth. “How…did you…even get in here?”
    “The alpha continues to underestimate me. It was so simple to short-circuit the mechanism.”
    There was a very faint sound outside, getting closer.
    Calder looked toward the ceiling. “Hmm,” Calder said. “It looks like someone else is trying to interfere.” He patted Oliver’s chest. “I’ll be right back.”
    P arker
    Parker loaded the silver bullets into the clip one at a time. He held one admiringly